An English evening in New York City with Sarasota Ballet
Antony Tudor’s Lilac Gardan, five Frederick Ashton divertissements and, most interesting and anticipated of all, Peter Wright’s one-act ballet, Summertide
Getting to the soul of it: The Brown Suite by BlacBrik
Packed with wonderful dancing, wit, character, tremendous music and choreography… marvellously entertaining from start to finish
Pam Tanowitz’s Pastoral. Beautiful pieces, strangely little pull
The dancers are excellent, the movement has a sly sense of humour, the set is beautiful, the sound world keeps throwing up new ideas. But those pleasures rarely seem to gather.
NDCWales in Blue|Glas
The two works share ideas around struggle, change and moving forward, but they come from opposite directions.
Fall for Dance Program 4: San Francisco Ballet, Friedemann Vogel, Gauthier Dance
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s Faun is good, but Any way the wind blows, created by Hofesh Shecter for Gauthier Dance earlier this year… is quite simply terrific. And it was terrifically danced too.
Jess & Morgs’ DEEPFAKE
A work concerned with the instability of images repeatedly brings our attention back to something stubbornly physical: the body in front of us.
“No dancing tonight. This is a concert.” Charlie Khalil Prince’s the body symphonic
Sound dominates the evening from the start. Prince swings a microphone above his head until the amplified rush begins to resemble wind
Natalia Osipova in The Standard of Living
Osipova’s performance is seamlessly integrated into the whole. On this evidence, she could easily slip into a dramatic career once her dancing days are over.
Four from Florence at Fabbrica Europa 2026
Fabbrica Europa has become noted for presenting new artistic languages in dance. This year’s month-long event, certainly lives up to its aims.
Northern Ballet: Three Short Ballets
The dancers moved from Peck’s musical intricacy to van Manen’s cool precision and November’s high-energy theatricality without losing their own presence
London City Ballet: Mephisto Waltz, Quiet City, Firebird
In Firebird, it’s impossible to take your eyes off Francesca Velicu. Supremely flexible, her movement flows easily with a wonderful liquid beauty.